Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at Palisades Medical Center

7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$2.70

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$81.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2.70 with HORIZON vs $75.69 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.70 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.70 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.70 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2.70 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $2.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.94 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.59 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3.71 ↑ +37%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $5.54 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7.88 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.38 ↑ +321%
CIGNA PPO $12.37 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $12.37 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.85 ↑ +413%
AETNA PPO $54.43 ↑ +1916%
AETNA HMO $54.43 ↑ +1916%
HORIZON OMNIA $55.42 ↑ +1953%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $55.78 ↑ +1966%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $60.75 ↑ +2150%
HORIZON PIP $60.75 ↑ +2150%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $64.80 ↑ +2300%
HORIZON SHP $66.49 ↑ +2363%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $67.82 ↑ +2412%
HORIZON HMO $68.49 ↑ +2437%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $68.85 ↑ +2450%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $69.03 ↑ +2457%
HORIZON PPO $70.23 ↑ +2501%
QUALCARE HMO $75.01 ↑ +2678%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $75.01 ↑ +2678%
QUALCARE PPO $75.01 ↑ +2678%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $75.69 ↑ +2703%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $32.40 $11.75 – $11.75
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $2.97 $1.27 – $11.26
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Community Medical Center Toms River $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $15.50 $2.16 – $2.22
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2.97 $1.27 – $10.67

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